'The Lighthouse' review: Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe in a bamboozler of a tale from the maker of 'The Witch'

A terrific filmmaker, especially since there aren't very many terrific filmmakers, deserves better than to be compared to his previous accomplishments. In other words, I loved director Robert Eggers' debut feature, "The Witch," a 2015 tale of 17th century witchcraft and goat mismanagement, while admiring without quite completely getting the hang or the rhythm of Eggers' new film, "The Lighthouse."

It's nonetheless well